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Part of Bowers and Merena Auctions’ $9.2 Million Boston Rarities Sale Bowers and Merena Auctions, one of the world’s pre-eminent numismatic auctioneers, hosted its Boston Rarities Sale on Saturday, Aug. 7 at Park Plaza Hotel and Towers in Boston, Mass., where the featured coin, a rare 1794 Silver Dollar, was sold for $1,207,500. The Bowers [...]

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Bowers and Merena Auctions, one of the world’s pre-eminent numismatic auctioneers, will host its 2010 Boston Rarities Auction on Saturday, Aug. 7 at The Castle at Park Plaza Hotel and Towers in Boston, Mass. The Bowers and Merena August Boston Rarities Auction will feature this Virgil Brand-F.C.C. Boyd-Cardinal specimen of the 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar. Certified [...]

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Steve Deeds Retires as President; Assumes New Role Irvine, CA – Bowers and Merena Auctions, a leading rare coin and currency auction house, will present one of the most important U.S. coin rarity auctions in recent years. Bowers and Merena’s Boston Rarities Auction, to be held prior to the ANA’s World Fair of Money on [...]

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Bowers and Merena Auctions, one of the world’s preeminent auctioneers for rare coins and currency, realized more than $8 million as the Official Auctioneer of the June 2010 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo.

1861-S Liberty Double Eagle Gold Coin
This 1861-S Liberty Double Eagle realized $69,000 at Bowers and Merena’s June 2010 Baltimore Auction. The rarest Type I Double Eagle struck in the San Francisco Mint, the 1861-S Paquet owes its ranking to both a limited mintage and heavy circulation on the frontier, aided by a lack of contemporary numismatic interest in these coins. A limited mintage of 19,250 pieces for this issue is attributed to the Mint’s experimentation with a new reverse design for the Liberty Double Eagle. (Click image to enlarge)

The eight-session sale, occurring June 17-19, included more than 6,000 lots of U.S. coins and currency, ancient and foreign coins, and foreign paper money.

Prices realized for U.S. coins and currencies amounted to $6,438,778. Ponterio & Associates, a division of Bowers and Merena Auctions, added an additional $1,608,082 in prices realized with ancient and foreign coins and paper money.

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IRVINE, Calif. – Ponterio & Associates, a division of Bowers and Merena Auctions, realized $1,608,082 as the Official Auctioneer of the June 2010 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo. This Khubilai Khan 50 Tael Ingot realized $64,900 at the 2010 Baltimore Auction. Dated the 14th year of the Zhiyuan era, it is inscribed with the [...]

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IRVINE, Calif. — Bowers and Merena Auctions, America’s leading rare coin and currency auction house, will again present the Official Auction of the June 2010 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo. Two Banknotes in the Hundreds of Currency Lots Featured in Bowers and Merena Baltimore Auction (Large Note Images Below) More than 200 impressive currency [...]

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Bowers and Merena, the world’s preeminent auctioneer for rare coins and currency, will conduct the Official auction of the June 2010 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo. This 1930-S Double Eagle is one of nearly 3,500 U.S. coin rarities up for auction at the June 2010 Baltimore Expo (Click to Enlarge) Scheduled for June 16-20, [...]

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IRVINE, Calif. — Ponterio & Associates, Inc., the world and ancients auction division of Bowers and Merena Auctions, will conduct its Baltimore Auction of World and Ancient Coins and Paper Money as part of Bowers and Merena’s Official Auction of the June 2010 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo. This stunning Iranian Choice Uncirculated 1 [...]

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Bowers and Merena Auctions, America’s leading rare coin and currency auction house, continues its long-standing and successful partnership with the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo.

1901-S Barber Quarter
This finest PCGS-certified 1901-S Barber Quarter in MS-68 went for a record-setting $327,750. (Click Image to Enlarge)

As Official Auctioneer of the March 2010 expo, Bowers and Merena realized more than $8.5 million in U.S. and foreign, coin and currency sales.

Prices realized for U.S. coins exceeded $5.5 million while U.S. currency accounted for a further $1.3 million of the total, for a combined U.S. prices realized of more than $7 million.

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Russia 1882 3 Rubles Realizes an Astonishing $41,300 IRVINE, Calif. — Ponterio & Associates, America’s premier auction house for foreign coins and paper money, realized more than $1.5 million as part of the Official Auction of the March 2010 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo. The three-session sale netted nearly $500,000 in foreign paper money [...]

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